169 - Hermann Hesse. Poems of the Painter. Ten poems with color drawings. Freiburg im Breisgau, Gerhard Kirchhoff 1951. With ten mounted color illustrations. Original half-parchment binding with dust jacket. — Signed copy.

Hermann Hesse. Poems of the Painter. Ten poems with color drawings. Freiburg im Breisgau, Gerhard Kirchhoff 1951. With ten mounted color illustrations. Original half-parchment binding with dust jacket. — Signed copy. Starting bid time: approx. 1:38 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 47 copies of the special edition on Japanese paper and in half-parchment; three additional copies in full parchment; 200 private copies for the poet. - With a handwritten dedication on the endpaper: “One of the few extra copies on Japanese paper for Christmas 1951” for Dr. Walther Meier by H. Hesse. - Walther Meier (1898–1982) was editor-in-chief of the journal “Neue Schweizer Rundschau” and founder of Manesse Verlag. - The first edition of the book was published in 1920; on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Hans C. Bodmer, the poet’s friend and patron, this second edition appeared in 1951 with a facsimile of Hesse’s handwritten dedication. Mileck II, 37 A 21.5 × 18.0 cm. [2], 23, [1] pages. - The cover has tiny tears along the top edge and a slightly larger tear (3 cm) on the spine. - The cover and some pages have light foxing; the margins and edges show somewhat heavier foxing in places.